[Upgrade Options?]

1 hour ago, Inculpatus cedo.9234 said:

If you just purchased a collection, you can contact the CS Team for a refund and purchase a different collection. 

https://help.guildwars2.com/hc/en-us/articles/201862768-Refunds

 

Thank you.  I made the CS ticket.  Hopefully it's a simple matter of removing the product code and refund.  I'll wait for the refund process before buying the Complete collection to avoid any purchase confusions.  Not the money, but the account removing old before adding new ( I know money refunds can take weeks, in some cases so no worries there)

[Upgrade Options?]

Hey,

 

I bought the standard trilogy Collection expansions (3 for $50 package)  as a new player and learned in game about "Living World", which are additional mini expansions at a price - after...

 

I didn't know or understand the significance of Living World content at purchase, or I would have bought the bigger package that included it at the time!

 

Is there an option to upgrade my account to that tier content or do I need to buy them individually through the gem store? It would be great to drop another $50 for the other perks that come with the Complete collection, as that's about what it would cost me to buy the LW via gems individually.

 

Tip: new players exploring buying more of the game would benefit from clarity on this, as it isn't clear in the content summary of each purchase option.  Or it is and i'm just blind..

[Druid for OW]

Hey,

I'm a new player trying to understand professions better to pick a main. I'm more  PvE player that appreciates the challenge of group content while also being able to solo when I'm simply not feeling social.

 

I like the attrition playstyle for harder solo content, like champions and don't mind if it takes a little longer than the meta to down a boss. Eventually I'd like to have the option to solo dungeons.

 

I know Ranger has other specs that do better damage, but how is Druid? Is it capable of fulfilling what I'm looking for? How challenging would it be for rotation and gear acquisition?

 

Yes, I know mesmer would be the top choice for what I'm asking, but I'm really trying to understand all professions better.

[Best (?) solo PVE Open World class/specs]

On 3/12/2023 at 10:42 AM, Paradoxoglanis.1904 said:

Builds I have played for solo pve. A lot of it depends on your build/gear. For example necros with no defensive stats or traits are really squishy, but with them they are almost immortal.

S Tier:

Strong and Easiest. Easy boons, passive sustain, easy playstyle with basically no rotation.

• Mechanist (cele/condi). Auto attack and press f1 f2 f3.
• Staff/axe Mirage (condi). Get 3 clones and spam ambushes.

A Tier:

Strong but lacking in one area (not as easy to play, less boons, or lower dps).

• Renegade/Vindicator/Herald (power). Need to manage energy to be effective.
• Catalyst/weaver (cele/power/condi). Need to do proper rotation and push more buttons.
• Harbinger (condi). Not great aoe since most of your damage is projectiles.
• Virtuoso (power). Need to kite.
• Scrapper (power). Melee only.
• Holo (cele/power). Heat management required and lots of buttons.
• Soulbeast/Untamed (cele/power/condi). Soulbeast can be kind of squishy while sitting through long burst combos, untamed has lots of pet management.
• Reaper (power). Melee only.
• Scourge (condi). Can be tanky but at the cost of a lot of dps.

B Tier:

Lacking in 2 or more areas

• Willbender/DH/FB. (power/condi). Squishy or melee focused or weak passive defence.
• Deadeye (power). Squishy, no aoe.
• Spellbreaker. (power). If you can consistently proc full counter off cooldown its great, otherwise its dps is pretty low.

See, i like this summary style of player opinion. Much easier to read than walls of "what if" scenarios and debates.

 

Curious why no mention has been made for Specter. I haven't tried it, but some streamers have shown its viability with high dps and decent buff uptime.  Maybe it's just lacking in the AoE criteria?

 

Note: I'm in the fresh meat category so read these forums, articles, reddit and view youtube to better understand professions worth putting time into at end game for my playstyle - which conveniently marches what this threads Op is asking about.

 

I personally have been bouncing between thief and mesmer but have no expertise to add. Just infinite questions.